Electronic Data Analysis am
Laboratory Fraud
Prepared by: Johnny Lee. Linda Johnson, and David Holzwart
EPA/OECA/OCEF1YNEIC
Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
Abstract
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NT.I'. ' M-iaili^h and cnjiinva-v haw iin'iirtmt! nl laht«rjit»ni>i thai use laboratory fnt'onnalion
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in l.ih^i.HiTy trauil mvcstifHUUMb, NEK."s EDA specialists
electronically iniiice t.lMS s\-slcms using LDA sci^rc and roci)v\.T>~
teclilliques. 'IllC LIMS s>M«ns aiiJ UtHital(ir>' inNtrumoits are
recreated in Uie NtK' liltxlronic Dala Aiialjsi* Ijb«rau>ry (F.DAI.).
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niisls ar.J nieinecrs examine .md jjuiy/.c ilic 1 IMS d
by the U>A l>aia analysis uncovers dlscrL-pantiiai a
n tiischatc Moniiwiiii Rciitts iubmilkd to EPA and
oi'we y e >aia analysis uncovers dlscrL-pantiiai and
u feud In tiischatdc Moniiwiiifi Rcpiitts iubmilkd to EPA and the
states.
Automated Wasiewaicr Trcaimeni Plants
Many of i.*a>'t m- ,1cm Wa-vtow.ita Ireaimait Plants i WTATPs) [Figure 4] IK
aidonuiat with Supirvtuwy (.\ntrc4 and Data Acquuinon (SCADA) software ai^J
hmhrare Tboc »yMoi» use «ut«rutcd \ahes and «»ftehes ccntn?I!cd tlwcv^i
progmnnubte tu«x ccntrotlcn (Hr) With SCAOA and Pits WWTPs an
opoile n>xc eflkia.il>
NEK- lakes *-VHP tDvesURaUcm ooc ilqi nntbcr Ihrou^i EDA formsiz sence.
tvcotcn. and ooalyu* Operanontl dtU ft«ra the W1XTP'* •momttal p
are dorcd autcmaticall) Irns daU records the plant p
utibtta. and condnunu imruKcing «Otton.
SCADA tttl tiatt in >«u.T.> aih) tuhl enxeo
natnonmg • Viunv Built ut wflwvc loob
ID *>-stem file* NF 1C* computer kUftchonuu. ial caillHiicda ficU
znat>7C thn *lau to tnce ihc origin* of data fraud. All Inree skills are
n oratKvnata) ctklu^rul ptoccnes
NT-It's Clwitunw LX.U Amhui loam «ori;ing clo*d> with
environmental scicnUii and engineers arc able to irate wwrccs ufdau Gaol at a
WWIP figures 5. ft. and T doiionsiiate how NEK' pcr*umd are ahle Iti pnwc that
CLnmnxw diltmitc reudual nxcnUYing was m1* being perrortnetl a* reqtiiml by ihe
li^ilitie* STOPS pemiti
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(yellfM ), snd eftluenl chlorine residual (green) The (xmulltx: is rujuiral to rcptn
in> chl.'fmc encuroon« of greater than 10 ppm Ine reoixcd data demcnflrates that
the ^reen line on ihe chart u Oat and leu than «ro
Figure 6 thd»-i aBonpti t>>- die WWT? openico to correct the problem ihe day
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